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    Home » Video Tutorials » Basic Stitches

    Decreases: Sc2tog and Dc2tog

    Published: Mar 21, 2012 · Modified: Jun 15, 2018 by Tamara Kelly · 2 Comments

    Crochet decreases are used to make the fabric get smaller/narrower, and also to help create interesting stitch patterns. Two of the most common decreases you'll see are sc2tog (single crochet two together) and dc2tog (double crochet two together).

    This technique is the same as the stitches get taller (e.g. trc2tog), and as more stitches are added to the decrease (e.g. dc3tog) - start each stitch, stopping before you pull through the last 2 loops, and then yarn over and pull through all the remaining loops on the hook. You can do it!

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    1. 1

      Carol Lewis

      January 02, 2023 at 6:19 pm

      I can't seem to figure this out

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        Tamara Kelly

        January 03, 2023 at 11:16 am

        Hi Carol! Can you tell me where you're running into trouble?

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